S3 mini hard bricked - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys, i bricked my s3 mini, i mean i try out to install a custom rom and i failed, after this my phone start starting in recovery mode and cant do nothing anymore in recovery mode because i changed it aswell, after a little research i've try to flash with odin custom rom and my phone failed once again, i take off the battery and phone won't start anymore in any mode(recovery/download/normal), i've heard its a hard brick, i've bought a usb jig, the mail with the jig will come at my home in few days and i dont know what to do to bring it back in life, i mean if the jig will work with samsung kies i can format the whole system and bring back stock rom and recovery mode?

shendlaw said:
Hi guys, i bricked my s3 mini, i mean i try out to install a custom rom and i failed, after this my phone start starting in recovery mode and cant do nothing anymore in recovery mode because i changed it aswell, after a little research i've try to flash with odin custom rom and my phone failed once again, i take off the battery and phone won't start anymore in any mode(recovery/download/normal), i've heard its a hard brick, i've bought a usb jig, the mail with the jig will come at my home in few days and i dont know what to do to bring it back in life, i mean if the jig will work with samsung kies i can format the whole system and bring back stock rom and recovery mode?
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Hi buddy u need to connect the jiig and turn on the phone is going automatically to download mode after flash a stock rom or another one downloaded from novafusion.pl!!!
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ninjasoft said:
Hi buddy u need to connect the jiig and turn on the phone is going automatically to download mode after flash a stock rom or another one downloaded from novafusion.pl!!!
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thank you, but not same with samsung kies? i mean it will bring back the default firmware(rom)

shendlaw said:
thank you, but not same with samsung kies? i mean it will bring back the default firmware(rom)
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With kies u can try but not always work.
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ninjasoft said:
With kies u can try but not always work.
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thank you ill'try out when amazon will send me the jig.

u mean ur phone is dead boot/ atm?

asadnow2k said:
u mean ur phone is dead boot/ atm?
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yes

need to get it repaired with jtag there is no software only solution for this i think

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Help pls: My fone doesnt open after firmware upgrade

Pls can anyone help me im sooooo desperate. i just upgraded my fone via kies but after upgrade my fone is now blank, i cant use it anymore. pls hell. did i brick my fone??? can i bring it to life again??
You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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sfms said:
You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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shud all my apps be restored?? or back to square 1?
Well seeing as though you updated via kies, all your apps are deleted. I would just start fresh and back to stock. After that I would install a custom rom from the forums here, in my opinion, these rom makers do a great job making Roms that will make your phone be a phone and more
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sfms said:
Well seeing as though you updated via kies, all your apps are deleted. I would just start fresh and back to stock. After that I would install a custom rom from the forums here, in my opinion, these rom makers do a great job making Roms that will make your phone be a phone and more
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so did i really bricked my fone then? if i send my fone to samsung do u think it will void my warranty?
if im back to square one, can i upgrade to froyo 2.2?
i will tell them what really happened that ive upgraded my firmware via kies then my fone did not boot up.
That will work ;-)
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I wouldn't really say you bricked your phone. If you can get into download mode you are clear and your phone can come back to life. Just so you know.
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sfms said:
I wouldn't really say you bricked your phone. If you can get into download mode you are clear and your phone can come back to life. Just so you know.
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i tried doing the download mode but i cant get to that
Two choices return phone to Samsung saying broke under Kies update .
Or use recovery jig and flash stock firmware this is an unofficial method that will invalidate your warranty .
jje
sfms said:
You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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\hey i got the yellow sign digging whats next???
JJEgan said:
Two choices return phone to Samsung saying broke under Kies update .
Or use recovery jig and flash stock firmware this is an unofficial method that will invalidate your warranty .
jje
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i got the yellow sign digging what,s next??
softpinkishlips said:
i got the yellow sign digging what,s next??
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Flash stock firmware for your phone via Odin .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882014
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash stock firmware for your phone via Odin .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882014
jje
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i got the yellow digging but my fone is not connected to my pc. i turned it off again. so should i connect my fone via usb to my pc? then press again the 3 bttons?
Sorry went to bed, just woke up. Anyways download the stock firmware for your phone. Make sure you download the right one. Meaning if you have the i9000M, download i9000M, or if you have i9000T, download i9000T. If you check behind your battery you'll.find your model. I don't think it really matters, I mean your just gonna flash another rom once your phone is back to life for sure. ;-)
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Odin will detect your phone if your phone is in download mode.
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sfms said:
Odin will detect your phone if your phone is in download mode.
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ok i have a few questions: after flashing my fone will all my apps be restored or ill be back to square 1? what is flashing means? if this did not happen to me, is flashing still needed?
softpinkishlips said:
ok i have a few questions: after flashing my fone will all my apps be restored or ill be back to square 1? what is flashing means? if this did not happen to me, is flashing still needed?
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what odin will i use? there are 3
im here now. it says: cant mount / dev/block/stl10 invalid argument
ex. copy dbdate media: cant mount DBdata
your storage is not prepared yet. pls use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed

[Q] my GALAXY S plus dont wont turn on, is it Bricked,Please help....

my Galasy s Plus i9001 , dont wont to turn on after i instal new room from recovery mode
Please advise what can i do now.
do you get into the download mode? hold power, vol-, home
then you can flash with odin
Still doesnt work
dr.wtf said:
do you get into the download mode? hold power, vol-, home
then you can flash with odin
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I tried many times to download mode or recovery mode but no way it is not turn on , as it is doesnt have bateery,,,, please advise. Thanks in advance
mr_guitar_eg said:
I tried many times to download mode or recovery mode but no way it is not turn on , as it is doesnt have bateery,,,, please advise. Thanks in advance
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See response in other thread:
If you are 100% sure you cannot enter download mode you really have a problem. Did you try checking the battery? And if you are 100% sure - search the forum, there's some posts about using a JIG to fix it, but most seem to have gone back to Samsung afaik...
What did you do to get your phone in this mode?! Give is some more info on what happened...
Thanks for your fast reply, please see the below details
First i rooted my device as xda wiki said,second i installed an arabic rom from the recovery mode, and it is installed succesfuly, and afterit roeboot, device not start, it seems dont have battery, no buttons work to wake up ths phone,,, any idea...???? I try to charged but nothing happened ,even the battery doesnt got hot,, Please advise,,,, thanks in advance
mr_guitar_eg said:
First i rooted my device as xda wiki said,second i installed an arabic rom from the recovery mode, and it is installed succesfuly, and afterit roeboot, device not start, it seems dont have battery, no buttons work to wake up ths phone,,, any idea...???? I try to charged but nothing happened ,even the battery doesnt got hot,, Please advise,,,, thanks in advance
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Try removing the battery and charge cable for a while (at least 30 minutes or so). I've not heard this happened before... and try charging with another cable and/or with another charger (for instance a laptop or some other usb device)...
mr_guitar_eg said:
First i rooted my device as xda wiki said,second i installed an arabic rom from the recovery mode, and it is installed succesfuly, and afterit roeboot, device not start, it seems dont have battery, no buttons work to wake up ths phone,,, any idea...???? I try to charged but nothing happened ,even the battery doesnt got hot,, Please advise,,,, thanks in advance
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Arabic rom ??
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rayiskon said:
Arabic rom ??
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Good catch. What ROM did you exactly try to install??
Gingerbread 2.3 arabic
I think the problem that it is for smsung galaxy s not s plus
nikagl said:
Good catch. What ROM did you exactly try to install??
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It is a miui rom with arabic language! My phone is from hungary as i live there, so it is europan ,
mr_guitar_eg said:
I think the problem that it is for smsung galaxy s not s plus
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Never install mods, addons, ROMs, kernels or anything made for whole Another phone.
Yes, that's the problem. I'm very sorry to tell you but you just destroyed your phone's boot.img by installing wrong one. And the wrong boot.img wont let you do anything on your phone. There's no way you could enter to recovery or download mode or anything.
I have no idea about the JIG thing but when I hard bricked my phone, I took it to the reseller and got it fixed for free of charge
Is there a golden card method
Any idea if there is a golden card method to create an boot image to let the phone start again
mr_guitar_eg said:
Any idea if there is a golden card method to create an boot image to let the phone start again
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Your phone is kind of dead now. You can't push a boot image to it 'cause computer doesn't recognize it properly. Bricked means your phone is just as useful as a brick. It wont turn on in any way and there's nothing else your phone would do.
The JIG costs only 2$ , if that doesn't get u into download mod then u can only revive ur phone with JTAG .
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Any details about this 2 methods???
JIG on ebay...
http://www.ebay.pl/itm/USB-JIG-Dongle-unbrick-reset-mod-ROM-para-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-II-2-S2-i9100-ESPANA-/260928351223?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item3cc08aabf7
My advice is go see if u can repair it for free (warranty) , if not u can try the JIG to get u into download mode so u can flash via Odin (there are a lot of clips about JIGs on youtube) , if all that doesn't work JTAG is ur only hope (also there are videos about it on youtube).
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Better Soluction
It ocurred me and I go to Movistar Shop and I said that it doesn't boot and I don't know anything and they give me another one with the guarantee.
Try and if not try with JIG ,
me 2, think you installed the wrong rom on the wrong phone..MIUEI rom is not out for the GT I9001, when i bricked my phone =1 medecin= www.broodplank.net (and check how to unbrick your I9001-article)
As the partition layout and even the filesystem is totally different I think you wiped away your bootloader and maybe also radio firmware. If this is your actual situation, it is ver very VERY unlikely you will get your phone alive with a jig. Don't know the partition layout of a 9000 but even the hardware is completely different. Not nucb hope left, very sorry.
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S5830 Whont Boot, After flash with ODIN

So the story goes...
After i check that can't unlock my phone under CM 7.2 i Download Stock Firmware for my country, ODIN 4.42 (copper v1.0.ops).
Then put phone in downloade mode in ODIN i get the 9/9, and pull out USB cable...now all magic is happen, i can't start my phone (complete black screen)
Can JIG help whit this or i need JTAG repair...
TIA
borism25 said:
So the story goes...
After i check that can't unlock my phone under CM 7.2 i Download Stock Firmware for my country, ODIN 4.42 (copper v1.0.ops).
Then put phone in downloade mode in ODIN i get the 9/9, and pull out USB cable...now all magic is happen, i can't start my phone (complete black screen)
Can JIG help whit this or i need JTAG repair...
TIA
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Does it turn on?
Can u boot on download mode ?
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SnowPluralism said:
Does it turn on?
Can u boot on download mode ?
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Nop, i can't do nothing...presing all buttons, trying presing buttons than put baterry, start odin put usb cable into ace presing button put battery nothing. Just like it's dead.
Did you wait until it said pass on Odin?
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brewy said:
Did you wait until it said pass on Odin?
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Last i remember was..."unpluq or disconnect" serial port
than i unplug usb
Don't no what you have done but it sounds like a hard brick either go to a Samsung service center or find jtag that's the only way to fix it
Forgot to say USB jig doesn't work either
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brewy said:
Don't no what you have done but it sounds like a hard brick either go to a Samsung service center or find jtag that's the only way to fix it
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I will try the JIG, if doesn't help i will go to the VIP (provider) maybe i can get free repair. Phone is under garanty
EDIT: question for the next time, if flashing with odin i can't disconnect phone until is boot in andorid?
OK when you take it don't say nothing about Odin or custom roms etc just say you were updating it on kies then it hasn't switched back on since
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[Q] HELP!!!! My Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is in soft bricked

HELP!!!! My Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is in soft bricked mode
After i used odin and it took forever and did not start at all, i removed the usb cable and now when i start up its always an icon of a fone n a triangle wif a ! in it and a computer bside it HELP PLS!!!! HOW COULD I FIX THIS?!?!
did you flash the correct firmware.check your device model and download the suitsble version and try flashing again.if you go to boot screen then remove your battery and goto stock recovery and wipe data and cache.dont panic just search and read you may get a solution.
Restore it then flash it again. That's why you always back up. If you didn't back up download the official firmware then root it again
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sajitharsan said:
did you flash the correct firmware.check your device model and download the suitsble version and try flashing again.if you go to boot screen then remove your battery and goto stock recovery and wipe data and cache.dont panic just search and read you may get a solution.
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thanks for ur help but whn it starts up it gets into tat screen so i could not get into recovery so i cant do anythin
the one click unbrick could help but it could not sense my device so i nid anth idea on how to fix tis thnx
kelvin0gs08 said:
Restore it then flash it again. That's why you always back up. If you didn't back up download the official firmware then root it again
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thnx but my backup frm stock is lost as i lost my original micro sd n the problem now is tat i cant get into recovery mode
What do you mean you can't go to recovery mode?
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i have almost the same problem...i can access recovery and download mode and i flashed a lot of gingerbread versions but my phone wont boot up.
when i try to wipe data the phone restarts.
always when i try to start the phone it will boot up into recovery mode.
please guys help us with this problem.
PS:i get this : Can't acces to system/csc/XSK/system
When that happened to me I just Odin flashed it then it was working
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[HELP] Can't unbrick my i9001

Hi everybody !
Yesterday, I swapped the sd cards of my gs+ but the phone didn't boot and stayed at the boot animation (CM10.1). So, I tried to restock it but Odin stayed at the AMSS download. I tried to install many other stock ROM but it was stuck at this thread. Today, I retry to flash CWM recovery and stock ROM but now it block at setup connection. I don't know why because I put the ariesve.ops file in the good section.
I have already bricked my phone many times but the restock worked fine.
What can I do ? Please help me I love my I9001 ! :crying:
Thanks a lot for your answers !
TomTheFrench said:
Hi everybody !
Yesterday, I swapped the sd cards of my gs+ but the phone didn't boot and stayed at the boot animation (CM10.1). So, I tried to restock it but Odin stayed at the AMSS download. I tried to install many other stock ROM but it was stuck at this thread. Today, I retry to flash CWM recovery and stock ROM but now it block at setup connection. I don't know why because I put the ariesve.ops file in the good section.
I have already bricked my phone many times but the restock worked fine.
What can I do ? Please help me I love my I9001 ! :crying:
Thanks a lot for your answers !
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The best solutions is to go to a Samsung Service. I had bricked my phone to and i paid 100 $ and they changed my motherboard. Or go to a professional service.
blackbunny96 said:
The best solutions is to go to a Samsung Service. I had bricked my phone to and i paid 100 $ and they changed my motherboard. Or go to a professional service.
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I like my S+ but I don't want to pay 100$ for a thing I think I can do by myself ^^
Have you tried with worked2.rar??
It helped me many times.
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jabrif said:
Have you tried with worked2.rar??
It helped me many times.
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Downloading ...
do not worry is happening for me everytime i want to flash the stock firmware.. just change the USB port power off the phone then put it in downloading mode and try again till you succeed
TheRippaG said:
do not worry is happening for me everytime i want to flash the stock firmware.. just change the USB port power off the phone then put it in downloading mode and try again till you succeed
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Thank you a lot for your answer I hope it will work
TomTheFrench said:
I like my S+ but I don't want to pay 100$ for a thing I think I can do by myself ^^
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My phone didn't boot to download mode or recovery mode , i trieed with a JIG but it didn't boot to download mode. That's why I payed 100$. Can you boot to download mode?
jabrif said:
Have you tried with worked2.rar??
It helped me many times.
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WORKS ! :victory:
blackbunny96 said:
My phone didn't boot to download mode or recovery mode , i trieed with a JIG but it didn't boot to download mode. That's why I payed 100$. Can you boot to download mode?
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Yes I can boot into download mod that's I thought there is an issue
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WORKS ! :victory:
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:thumbup:
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The problem you had was caused by ODIN. I've had it to. You have to use a specific version of ODIN and that version is the one you finde in the recovery package you've just used. So beware in the future!
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silviu_iliescu said:
The problem you had was caused by ODIN. I've had it to. You have to use a specific version of ODIN and that version is the one you finde in the recovery package you've just used. So beware in the future!
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I tried with 3 versions of Odin but now I'm glad it is working fine
From now on you can use this http://easyandroidsolutions.blogspot.ro/2012/10/recover-samsung-galaxy-s-plus-i9001.html
It is very important to use correct version of ODIN, happened to me too with my first flashing
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Hello !! need help its so important to me :/
i think i have the same you had
and i even tried worked2 but when it rebooting in Odin it stuck in the logo of CM 10 after rebooting and don't go to recovery mode
but i still can see my download mode and i think the CWM is not exist now
.NetDeveloper said:
i think i have the same you had
and i even tried worked2 but when it rebooting in Odin it stuck in the logo of CM 10 after rebooting and don't go to recovery mode
but i still can see my download mode and i think the CWM is not exist now
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If you successfully flashed cwm via odin. switch off the phone. take out the battery and insert it back.
Connect your data cable to your phone(not to pc). Then press and hold volume up button and switch on the phone. When the samsung logo appears leave the button. When Samsung galaxy s plus logo appears, just tap the menu button(left touch button). You will get in to the CWM recovery. Then wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvic cache (in advanced menu). Then flash a new rom.

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